In article <Xq91i.3318$NY3.1344@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Jeff Strickland
<crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "CobraJet" <shedding@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article <3Y81i.427$b67.111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Jeff Strickland
> > <crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >> Wow, I can't believe somebody put together a site (or even a measely
> >> page)
> >> that says these two engines share anything beyond displacement.
> >
> > They have the same motor mounts, bellhousing pattern, starters,
> > distributor cap, balancers, flywheels, and lifters.
> >
> > However, the dickhead with the website is still a lazy, stupid,
> > freeloading bastard.
> >
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> I guess I'll take your word for it.
I do own several of both engines. However, the easy way to check is
to run those parts through eBay, and notice that they will cross over.
> I thought the Cleveland and Windsor
> power plants were completely different in each of the areas you just
said
> they are common.
Historically, one of the most common Windsor-to-Cleveland swaps was
in the '69 Mach I. It would bolt to the trans and mounts, and you just
had to work the exhaust and do something about the driver's side water
pump inlet ('69' W's were pass side). This was done so often that many
"experts" claim the Cleveland was introduced in '69, which of course is
BS.
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> I remember as a kid (with my father in car business) that when a car was
> listed with a Ford 351, the first question was, Cleveland or Windsor?
The
> performance specs were different, and the physical size was different.
Or
> that's what I remember thinking at the time.
Performance ratings those days were arbitrary at best. However,
either Cleveland could, in most cases, outrun either Windsor. The
Windsor actually has a higher deck height than the C by .3", but the C
is overall wider, I'd say due to the canted-valve heads. The C is about
50 pounds heavier.
Aside from the Bricklin that Stu mentioned, the 351W was used in the
DeTomaso Longchamps. Ski Supreme used it as well as Ski Nautique, but
I'm sure there were many more marine applications.
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